On Mar 25, 6:36 pm, "ianaré" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yeah the subject doesn't really make sense does it? > > anyway want I want to do is this: > if n == 1: > > self.operations.insert(pos, operations.Replace.Panel(self, main)) > > elif n == 2: > > self.operations.insert(pos, operations.ChangeCase.Panel(self, > main)) > > elif n == 3: > > self.operations.insert(pos, operations.Move.Panel(self, main)) > > As you can see all the different functions have the same variables, so > it would be easier if I could just make a list and use that. > > like this: > > list = ["Replace", "ChangeCase", "Move"] > textVariable = list[n] > self.operations.insert(pos, operations.[textVariable].Panel(self, > main))
try this one: textVariable = list[n-1] exec( "self.operations.insert(pos, operations.%s.Panel(self, main))" % textVariable ) Not sure if this is an elegant/right way. -N -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list